Curbside garbage and recycle collection scheduled for Memorial Day, Monday, will be collected as normal. There will be no changes to the collection day. Place containers along the curbside before 7 a.m. on collection day to ensure pickup. The City Landfill located off of Birchwood Pike in Harrison and the Wood Recycle Center will be closed Monday. The City Landfill and Wood ... (click for more)

Dawson Wheeler and Clint Powell talked with Grace Ragland about her passion for outdoor life and her battle with MS and cancer. In June of 2018, Ms. Ragland set off on the Grand Depart to mountain bike the Tour Divide from Banff, Canada to Antelope Wells, N.M., a mountain bike route that stretches over 2,725 miles. Click here to listen to the podcast. (click for more)

A statewide AMBER Alert was canceled after a missing 23-month-old girl in Chattanooga was found early Friday morning. Authorities said Octavia Shaw is safe and her captor, 37-year-old Matias Martinez, is in custody. He was to be charged with especially aggravated kidnapping. He is considered an acquaintance with no parental or custodial rights to Octavia. A resident spotted ... (click for more)

East Ridge will dip into its rainy day fund to be able to make a no-tax-increase budget. A presentation of the city’s 2019-2020 budget was made at the East Ridge City Council on Thursday night. City Manager Chris Dorsey thanked Assistant City Manager Kenny Custer and Financial Director Diane Qualls for their contributions to this budget, saying that it had been very far along ... (click for more)

Dear Dr. Johnson, The campaign central at HCDE headquarters needs a Tennessee Little Hatch Act study time and education. The heart of the issue is that HCDE utilized our tax dollars to lobby against vouchers with employee time, equipment, and lobby payments. Here is my point, I supported ESA vouchers for Hamilton County, and so did a lot of families that desired parental ... (click for more)

A couple of weeks ago I was in the midst of a wonderful crowd and, as we took our places for dinner, there was a bright-eyed fifth-grader seated on my right. Like most his age, he didn’t say much at first but with a nudge or two, he really got it going. He told me how excited he was about going to McCallie this fall and I promised, “Get ready – you are going to have more fun that ... (click for more)